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TRUCKING INDUSTRY * USA & Canada - Lots of executive changes in the North American Trucking industry this week
London,EN,UK -eyefortransport (UK) -29 Sept 2011: -- Lots of executive changes in the North American Trucking industry this week, including at some of the biggest carriers such as YRC, ABF and Con-Way Freight. YRC have (not surprisingly) made the biggest changes and have dramatically reduced the number of executive positions outside of its main operating units... Jeff Rogers named YRC President - ABF President and CEO Wesley Kemp to retire; Roy Slagle named his successor - Greg Lehmkuhl named President of Con-Way Freight...
* USA / California: Appeals Court Rejects L.A. Port’s Ban on Independent Truckers
(Photo: Port of Los Angeles' gates)
Sacramento,CAL,USA -Transport Topics -27 Sep 2011: -- A federal appeals court Monday rejected a plan by the Port of Los Angeles to ban independent operators from drayage operations, giving American Trucking Associations a victory in a major point of its lawsuit challenging several points in the port’s clean trucks program... The port’s plan required drayage drivers to be employees of licensed companies, rather than independent contractors... The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, however, agreed with a lower court’s ruling that the port may impose requirements regarding drayage operator maintenance, financial capability, off-street parking and placarding... While both the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach started with a concession approach, eliminating owner-operators, they took separate paths in 2009 when Long Beach settled with ATA and adopted a registration agreement... Port officials said they have not yet made a decision on whether to appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, a spokesman said following the ruling...* Minnesota - Court enjoins Minnesota State Patrol from violating truckers’ rights
* South Carolina - Ports Launch Clean-Truck Program
Charleston’s ,SC,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by Peter T. Leach -Sep 22, 2011: -- Part of larger effort to develop clean-truck program throughout the Southeast, the South Carolina State Ports Authority launched a voluntary program to help truck owners replace older trucks with newer, cleaner rigs on Thursday... The Seaport Truck Air Cleanup Southeast program, or STACS, provides truck owners who are frequent port users a financial incentive to replace pre-1994 model trucks with 2004 or newer models... While Charleston’s program is the first to launch in the region, the SCPA is working with the Coalition for Responsible Transportation and the Environmental Defense Fund to develop a regional truck program that would cover ports across the Southeast... Eligible truck owners can get a $5,000 incentive, plus the scrap value of their pre-1994 truck, to use toward the purchase of a newer, cleaner truck...
* Ontario/Canada - Insurance industry must do better job of evolving with customer demands
* USA - Truckload turnover rises to three-year high in second quarter
Arlington,VA,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Sep 28, 2011: -- The turnover rate for over-the-road truck drivers in the US rose to 79% in the second quarter, according to American Trucking Associations' latest Trucking Activity Report, marking the third quarter in a row of increased churn in the driver market... The turnover rate for drivers at large truckload fleets rose four basis points from the first quarter's rate of 75%, pushing the rate to its highest point since the second quarter of 2008... Turnover at small truckload companies and less-than-truckload fleets actually fell in the quarter, dropping to 47% from 50% for small TL firms and to 6% from 8% for LTLs...
* Texas - Central Texas highways first to get OK for 75 mph
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